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Reinforcement of Colostrum as “Liquid Gold”
The ingredient called pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor, or PSTI, is found at its highest levels in colostrum — the milk produced in the first few days after birth. The lining of a newborn’s gut...
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Limit Your Exposure to Limit Toxins in Your Breastmilk
Breast milk is nutritionally the best food for infants and contains all the substances a child needs for optimal growth and development. However, breast milk contains low but measurable concentrations...
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Incorporating Breastfeeding in Your Life
Baby is born, mom is feeling a bit more rested, early breastfeeding challenges have been mastered and breastfeeding is well established. Now what? How do I incorporate breastfeeding into my life?...
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The Breastmilk Ingredient List That Can’t Be Replicated in Commercial Formula
What’s really in breast milk? We have been talking about breast milk in several recent posts. I came across this poster that outlines what is actually in breast milk and commercial formula. Many of the...
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Healthy and Festive Baked Acorn Squash
One of the season’s simplest and kid-friendliest vegetable recipes is baked acorn squash with brown sugar or sea salt. Similar to many recipes for pumpkin preparation, this recipe involves baking the...
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A Souper Way to Get Your Kids to Eat More Veggies
Having a tough time getting your kids to try different veggies? Are you having a tough time getting more into your diet? Try soup. For most people, consuming an adequate number of vegetables throughout...
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The Goodness of Homemade Baby Food
Have you ever thought about making your own baby food? Homemade baby food can be reassuring because you know exactly what goes into the food you serve. You avoid preservatives and fillers, which can be...
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Heidi’s Hints: Top 5 Money-Saving Meal Tips
Hi! I’m Heidi Wilson and my passion is helping families save time and money in the kitchen while making quick, easy and healthy meals. The goal for my blog posts is to help you escape dinnertime chaos...
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Heidi’s Hints: Time-Saving Meal Tricks
I hope you’ve been using the tips from last time, and you’ve been joyously saving money at the grocery store. Today I want to talk about something I find extremely valuable: time! As parents, I think...
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Beaumont Cooking Demonstrations: Clean Eating
What is Clean Eating? Clean eating is defined as consuming whole, natural foods that haven’t been processed. It is a lifestyle, not a diet. Benefits Those who choose to eat clean may experience weight...
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Heidi’s Hints: Easy Cooking Methods and Recipes
Originally I was going to talk about meal planning, but realized that I needed to give you some suggestions for quick, easy recipes and cooking methods so you could start picking your favorites. As an...
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From Seed to Table: A Great Way to Challenge Your Picky Eater! (Beware: It’s...
Remember the days when trying a new food with your baby was as simple as opening a jar? Those chubby cheeks would squeal with delight when a spoonful of squash or peas landed right on their taste buds....
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Heidi’s Hints: Plan the Perfect Picnic
Summer is finally here, and it couldn’t come soon enough for our family! After a long winter, the kids and I couldn’t wait to get outside. We’ve been spending a lot of time at the park, the beach, and...
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Heidi’s Hints: Back-to-School Lunch Ideas Made Easy
Is everyone gearing up for back to school? I know we are! Grayson just picked out his “most favorite dinosaur backpack ever” with matching lunchbox, and it got me thinking … I need some lunch ideas. I...
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Healthy Meals on the Go
It’s back to school time again! For some of you that also means back to sports, dance, gymnastics, or any other extracurricular hobby that keeps your family busy all week. Sometimes it seems as if...
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Picking Healthy With the Family: Apples
Fall brings cooler temps and changing tree colors, but nothing says fall more than a trip (or few trips) to the cider mill. Cider mills and orchards are a big part of our family tradition and have been...
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Picking Healthy With the Family: Pumpkins
Fall is here! To me, fall is about three things: pumpkin spice lattes, leggings with boots, and most importantly, timeless moments spent with my family. I gather up my favorite recipes for things like...
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Thanksgiving Science!
Have you ever caught an episode of the television show “Good Eats,” starring Alton Brown? It was a Food Network show that incorporated science, humor and interesting facts with cooking. Believe it or...
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Seeing Shamrocks? Try Green Super Foods!
It’s March! That means it’s one month closer to spring (it can only get warmer at this point, right?) and St. Patrick’s Day is a week from today. This means there’s lots of “green” everywhere you go....
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Square Foot Gardening – An easy and fun way to grow your own food
Are you a gardener? If not, have you considered starting your own garden but aren’t sure how? If you do garden, what do you like most about it? However many of us may feel intimidated by starting...
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